American Economic Journal: Economic Policy

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Volume 6, issue 4, 2014

Efficiency and Substitutability of Transit Subsidies and Other Urban Transport Policies pp. 1-33

Leonardo J. Basso and Hugo E. Silva

Social Support Substitution and the Earnings Rebound: Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity in Disability Insurance Reform pp. 34-70

Lex Borghans, Anne Gielen and Erzo Luttmer

The Trade-Offs of Welfare Policies in Labor Markets with Informal Jobs: The Case of the "Seguro Popular" Program in Mexico pp. 71-99

Mariano Bosch and Raymundo Campos-Vazquez

Are Incentives for R&D Effective? Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity Approach pp. 100-134

Raffaello Bronzini and Eleonora Iachini

Long-Term Impacts of Compensatory Preschool on Health and Behavior: Evidence from Head Start pp. 135-73

Pedro Carneiro and Rita Ginja

Does Federal Student Aid Raise Tuition? New Evidence on For-Profit Colleges pp. 174-206

Stephanie Riegg Cellini and Claudia Goldin

Cash for Coolers: Evaluating a Large-Scale Appliance Replacement Program in Mexico pp. 207-38

Lucas Davis, Alan Fuchs and Paul Gertler

The Trillion Dollar Conundrum: Complementarities and Health Information Technology pp. 239-70

David Dranove, Chris Forman, Avi Goldfarb and Shane Greenstein

Estimating Taxable Income Responses Using Danish Tax Reforms pp. 271-301

Henrik Jacobsen Kleven and Esben Anton Schultz

Gasoline Taxes and Consumer Behavior pp. 302-42

Shanjun Li, Joshua Linn and Erich Muehlegger

The Dynamics of Firm Lobbying pp. 343-79

William Kerr, William Lincoln and Prachi Mishra

A Test for the Rational Ignorance Hypothesis: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Brazil pp. 380-98

Fernanda Leite Lopez de Leon and Renata Rizzi

Volume 6, issue 3, 2014

The Effects of Regulation in the Presence of Multiple Unpriced Externalities: Evidence from the Transportation Sector pp. 1-29

Antonio Bento, Daniel Kaffine, Kevin Roth and Matthew Zaragoza-Watkins

Is Gifted Education a Bright Idea? Assessing the Impact of Gifted and Talented Programs on Students pp. 30-62

Sa A. Bui, Steven Craig and Scott Imberman

Friends in High Places pp. 63-91

Lauren Cohen and Christopher J. Malloy

Recessions, Older Workers, and Longevity: How Long Are Recessions Good for Your Health? pp. 92-119

Courtney Coile, Phillip Levine and Robin McKnight

Early Retirement Incentives and Student Achievement pp. 120-54

Maria Fitzpatrick and Michael Lovenheim

Taxation of Couples under Assortative Mating pp. 155-77

Alexander Frankel

Corporate Incentives and Nuclear Safety pp. 178-206

Catherine Hausman

Under Pressure: Job Security, Resource Allocation, and Productivity in Schools under No Child Left Behind pp. 207-41

Randall Reback, Jonah Rockoff and Heather L. Schwartz

The Incentive Effects of Marginal Tax Rates: Evidence from the Interwar Era pp. 242-81

Christina D. Romer and David Romer

Does Abolishing User Fees Lead to Improved Health Status? Evidence from Post-apartheid South Africa pp. 282-312

Shinsuke Tanaka

Inside the Refrigerator: Immigration Enforcement and Chilling Effects in Medicaid Participation pp. 313-38

Tara Watson

Volume 6, issue 2, 2014

The Differential Effects of Bilateral Tax Treaties pp. 1-18

Bruce Blonigen, Lindsay Oldenski and Nicholas Sly

The Elasticity of Corporate Taxable Income: New Evidence from UK Tax Records pp. 19-53

Michael Devereux, Li Liu and Simon Loretz

Corporate Taxes and Internal Borrowing within Multinational Firms pp. 54-93

Peter Egger, Christian Keuschnigg, Valeria Merlo and Georg Wamser

International Taxation and Cross-Border Banking pp. 94-125

Harry Huizinga, Johannes Voget and Wolf Wagner

Entrepreneurial Taxation with Endogenous Entry pp. 126-63

Florian Scheuer

Health and the Political Agency of Women pp. 164-97

Sonia Bhalotra and Irma Clots-Figueras

Beaches, Sunshine, and Public Sector Pay: Theory and Evidence on Amenities and Rent Extraction by Government Workers pp. 198-230

Jan Brueckner and David Neumark

Life and Death in the Fast Lane: Police Enforcement and Traffic Fatalities pp. 231-57

Gregory DeAngelo and Benjamin Hansen

Giving Mom a Break: The Impact of Higher EITC Payments on Maternal Health pp. 258-90

William Evans and Craig L. Garthwaite

The Effect of Disability Insurance Receipt on Labor Supply pp. 291-337

Eric French and Jae Song

Civil Service Rules and Policy Choices: Evidence from US State Governments pp. 338-80

Gergely Ujhelyi

Volume 6, issue 1, 2014

The Incapacitation Effect of Incarceration: Evidence from Several Italian Collective Pardons pp. 1-37

Alessandro Barbarino and Giovanni Mastrobuoni

Consumer Inertia and Firm Pricing in the Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Insurance Exchange pp. 38-64

Keith Ericson

The End of Bank Secrecy? An Evaluation of the G20 Tax Haven Crackdown pp. 65-91

Niels Johannesen and Gabriel Zucman

Paging Inspector Sands: The Costs of Public Information pp. 92-113

Sacha Kapoor and Arvind Magesan

The Dividend Clientele Hypothesis: Evidence from the 2003 Tax Act pp. 114-36

Laura Kawano

Watch Your Step: Optimal Policy in a Tipping Climate pp. 137-66

Derek Lemoine and Christian Traeger

Stimulating Local Public Employment: Do General Grants Work? pp. 167-92

Heléne Lundqvist, Matz Dahlberg and Eva Mörk

The Revenue Demands of Public Employee Pension Promises pp. 193-229

Robert Novy-Marx and Joshua Rauh

Optimal Taxation of Top Labor Incomes: A Tale of Three Elasticities pp. 230-71

Thomas Piketty, Emmanuel Saez and Stefanie Stantcheva

Airline Pricing, Price Dispersion, and Ticket Characteristics on and off the Internet pp. 272-307

Anirban Sengupta and Steven N. Wiggins

Corrigendum: The Price Effects of a Large Merger of Manufacturers: A Case Study of Maytag Whirlpool pp. 308-09

Orley C. Ashenfelter, Daniel S. Hosken and Matthew C. Weinberg

Volume 5, issue 4, 2013

Effects of Federal Policy to Insure Young Adults: Evidence from the 2010 Affordable Care Act's Dependent-Coverage Mandate pp. 1-28

Yaa Akosa Antwi, Asako S. Moriya and Kosali Simon

Absorptive Capacity and the Growth and Investment Effects of Regional Transfers: A Regression Discontinuity Design with Heterogeneous Treatment Effects pp. 29-77

Sascha Becker, Peter Egger and Maximilian von Ehrlich

Profiting from Regulation: Evidence from the European Carbon Market pp. 78-106

James Bushnell, Howard Chong and Erin Mansur

Measuring the Environmental Benefits of Wind-Generated Electricity pp. 107-33

Joseph Cullen

Death by Market Power: Reform, Competition, and Patient Outcomes in the National Health Service pp. 134-66

Martin Gaynor, Rodrigo Moreno-Serra and Carol Propper

Superstar Cities pp. 167-99

Joseph Gyourko, Christopher Mayer and Todd Sinai

State Gun Policy and Cross-State Externalities: Evidence from Crime Gun Tracing pp. 200-229

Brian Knight

Corruption Dynamics: The Golden Goose Effect pp. 230-69

Paul Niehaus and Sandip Sukhtankar

Bank Bailouts, International Linkages, and Cooperation pp. 270-305

Friederike Niepmann and Tim Schmidt-Eisenlohr

The Economic and Policy Consequences of Catastrophes pp. 306-39

Robert Pindyck and Neng Wang

Volume 5, issue 3, 2013

What Does Health Reform Mean for the Health Care Industry? Evidence from the Massachusetts Special Senate Election pp. 1-29

Mohamad M. Al-Ississ and Nolan H. Miller

The Welfare Effects of Misperceived Product Costs: Data and Calibrations from the Automobile Market pp. 30-66

Hunt Allcott

Beyond Work Ethic: Religion, Individual, and Political Preferences pp. 67-91

Christoph Basten and Frank Betz

Driving under the (Cellular) Influence pp. 92-125

Saurabh Bhargava and Vikram Pathania

Local Responses to Federal Grants: Evidence from the Introduction of Title I in the South pp. 126-59

Elizabeth Cascio, Nora Gordon and Sarah Reber

The Effect of a Universal Child Benefit on Conceptions, Abortions, and Early Maternal Labor Supply pp. 160-88

Libertad Gonz?lez

Persistent Antimarket Culture: A Legacy of the Pale of Settlement after the Holocaust pp. 189-226

Irena Grosfeld, Alexander Rodnyansky and Ekaterina Zhuravskaya

Substitution and Stigma: Evidence on Religious Markets from the Catholic Sex Abuse Scandal pp. 227-53

Daniel Hungerman

Incentive Schemes for Local Government: Theory and Evidence from Comprehensive Performance Assessment in England pp. 254-86

Ben Lockwood and Francesco Porcelli

The Sky Is Not Flat: How Discriminatory Is the Access to International Air Services? pp. 287-319

Roberta Piermartini and Linda Rousov?

Corrigendum: Measuring the Output Responses to Fiscal Policy pp. 320-22

Alan Auerbach and Yuriy Gorodnichenko

Volume 5, issue 2, 2013

Natural Resources and Local Communities: Evidence from a Peruvian Gold Mine pp. 1-25

Fernando M. Arag?n and Juan Pablo Rud

Improving College Performance and Retention the Easy Way: Unpacking the ACT Exam pp. 26-52

Eric Bettinger, Brent J. Evans and Devin Pope

Does Less Income Mean Less Representation? pp. 53-76

Eric Brunner, Stephen Ross and Ebonya Washington

Multi-product Firms and Exchange Rate Fluctuations pp. 77-110

Arpita Chatterjee, Rafael Dix-Carneiro and Jade Vichyanond

How Do Mortgage Subsidies Affect Home Ownership? Evidence from the Mid-century GI Bills pp. 111-47

Daniel Fetter

Evaluating US Fuel Economy Standards in a Model with Producer and Household Heterogeneity pp. 148-87

Mark R. Jacobsen

The EITC, Tax Refunds, and Unemployment Spells pp. 188-221

Sara LaLumia

Social Capital and Political Accountability pp. 222-50

Tommaso Nannicini, Andrea Stella, Guido Tabellini and Ugo antonio Troiano

Feeling the Florida Heat? How Low-Performing Schools Respond to Voucher and Accountability Pressure pp. 251-81

Cecilia Elena Rouse, Jane Hannaway, Dan Goldhaber and David Figlio

Can Owning a Home Hedge the Risk of Moving? pp. 282-312

Todd Sinai and Nicholas Souleles

The Contagion Effect of Neighboring Foreclosures pp. 313-35

Charles Towe and Chad Lawley

Volume 5, issue 1, 2013

The Iceberg Theory of Campaign Contributions: Political Threats and Interest Group Behavior pp. 1-31

Marcos Chamon and Ethan Kaplan

Let Them Have Choice: Gains from Shifting Away from Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance and toward an Individual Exchange pp. 32-58

Leemore Dafny, Kate Ho and Mauricio Varela

Effects of Terms of Trade Gains and Tariff Changes on the Measurement of US Productivity Growth pp. 59-93

Robert Feenstra, Benjamin Mandel, Marshall B. Reinsdorf and Matthew J. Slaughter

Political Price Cycles in Regulated Industries: Theory and Evidence pp. 94-121

Rodrigo M. S. Moita and Claudio Paiva

Long-Term Impacts of Individual Development Accounts on Homeownership among Baseline Renters: Follow-Up Evidence from a Randomized Experiment pp. 122-45

Michal Grinstein-Weiss, Michael Sherraden, William Gale, William M. Rohe, Mark Schreiner and Clinton Key

The Demand for Food of Poor Urban Mexican Households: Understanding Policy Impacts Using Structural Models pp. 146-78

Manuela Angelucci and Orazio Attanasio

Public Transfers and Domestic Violence: The Roles of Private Information and Spousal Control pp. 179-205

Gustavo Bobonis, Melissa González-Brenes and Roberto Castro

Targeting with Agents pp. 206-38

Paul Niehaus, Antonia Atanassova, Marianne Bertrand and Sendhil Mullainathan

The Price Effects of a Large Merger of Manufacturers: A Case Study of Maytag-Whirlpool pp. 239-61

Orley Ashenfelter, Daniel S. Hosken and Matthew Weinberg

Unemployment in an Interdependent World pp. 262-301

Gabriel Felbermayr, Mario Larch and Wolfgang Lechthaler

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: Cigarette Tax Salience and Regressivity pp. 302-36

Jacob Goldin and Tatiana Homonoff